What Shane Beamer said about injuries to LaNorris Sellers, TJ Sanders, and rest of South Carolina football team
By Kevin Miller
On Saturday, South Carolina football fans left Williams-Brice Stadium heartbroken after their team (with the "help" of some ugly officiating) fell at the hands of the LSU Tigers despite leading 17-0. Compounding the loss, the Gamecocks lost two of their best players to injury during the contest as quarterback LaNorris Seller and defensive lineman TJ Sanders each left the field with pronounced limps.
During a pre-halftime interview with ESPN's Holly Rowe, Beamer acknowledged that Sellers' issue was with his ankle, and following Sanders' 2nd half injury, the big defensive lineman could be seen pointing to his lower leg, as well.
After the game on Saturday, Beamer addressed the injuries to Sellers and Sanders.
The Gamecock head coach called Sellers' ailment an "ankle sprain" but didn't go into too many specifics about the injury other than to say that he thinks Sellers will be fine (he did not offer a timeline). Whether "fine" means that Sellers will be good to go next week against Akron or "fine" means the issue will not be a long-term issue is not known.
In talking about Sanders, Beamer said the defensive lineman has a "little bit of a foot injury" but didn't seem concerned about his prognosis moving forward. Again, like with Sellers, whether he will be available to play next week against the Akron Zips is yet to be determined.
On Sunday, during his weekly teleconference, Beamer spoke again about his two injured players and revealed that another Gamecock starter was dealing with an issue from Saturday, as well.
According to Beamer, both Sellers and Sanders will be "fine" and "OK," respectively. However, just like after the LSU game, he declined to go into many details.
During the teleconference, Coach Beamer also spoke about wide receiver Jared Brown. The redshirt junior had a bit of an issue with his hamstring on Saturday, but Beamer called the tweak "mild."
Safety Nick Emmanwori went down a couple of times during the game, but it appeared to be cramping. He and some other Gamecocks were "hurting at halftime" and after the game, but Beamer said that, for the most part, his team is "in pretty good shape" heading into next week's game against the Akron Zips.
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